Obituaries

Stephen Kinnas

Stephen Kinnas, 88, of Robert Street died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 17, 1915, son of Metro and Domka Turchin Kinnas, he attended schools in Pittsfield. He was an Army...

Helen S. Hess

Helen S. Hess, 88, of 87 Fort Hill Ave. died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Dec. 31, 1915, daughter of Howard and Ida Heck Sterling, she attended schools there....

Attilio L. Forte

Attilio L. Forte, 72, of 145 Dewey Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pico, province of Frosinone, Italy, on son of Domenico and Maria C. DiMugno Forte, he emigrated to the...

Thomas Michael Ancheta

Thomas Michael Ancheta, 54, of 29 Kent Ave., died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since Oct. 11, 2003. Born in Boston on Sept. 17, 1949, son of Eustaquio and Mildred Farrell...

Walter Everett Fuller

Walter Everett Fuller, 83, of 58 Orchard St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. He was a longtime resident of Becket, where he served as chief of police for many years, before moving to...

John R. "Jack" Carrigan

John R. "Jack" Carrigan, 68, of 27 Lenox Ave., owner of Carrigan Electric, died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 5, 1935, son of William J. and Evelyn M. Campbell Carrigan, he was a...

Marilyn Margaret Caccamo

Marilyn Margaret Caccamo, 64, of 42 Harryel St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 25, 1939, daughter of Charles E. Flynn Sr. and Margaret...

Earl A. Beals

Earl A. Beals, 89, formerly of 379 East St., Providence Court, died Wednesday, Jan. 28, at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since June 2002. He had also resided at Optimum Care in the...

Nathan Albert Pike

Nathan Albert Pike, 74, formerly of 4 Ring St., died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided at Hillcrest Commons since 2000. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 7, 1929, son of Frank N. and...

Henry Daniel "Danny" Phillips II

Henry Daniel "Danny" Phillips II, 52, of 1105 North St. died Monday morning at home, following a brief illness. Born in Framingham on July 15, 1951, son of Elizabeth A. Hartland Phillips Galvin...

George W. Taylor

George W. Taylor, 80, of 16 Howe Road died Sunday at home after a battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 31, 1923, son of Charles S. and Ethel Tower Taylor, he was a 1943 graduate of...

Doris Irene Blais

Doris Irene Blais, 85, formerly of 27 Paisley Terrace died Saturday at Berkshire Place, where she had resided since April 1998. Born in Hay Springs, Neb., on April 4, 1918, daughter of Roma and...

Constance D. Schoonmaker

Constance D. Schoonmaker, 88, formerly of 31 Bradford St., died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for several years. Born in North Adams on Jan. 31, 1915, daughter of Frank R....

Daniel William "Big Bill" Fallon Sr

Daniel William "Big Bill" Fallon Sr., 68, of 32 Old Stockbridge Road died Thursday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where he had been a patient for two weeks. Born in Pittsfield on July 9,...

Ralph Lee "Bud" Rood

Ralph Lee "Bud" Rood, 70, of 123 Pine St. died Saturday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Dalton on Sept. 13, 1933, son of Anna Connelly Rood of Dalton and the late Ralph...

Bernard Francis Caffrey

Bernard Francis Caffrey, 70, of 70 Oak St. Extension died Friday at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 24, 1933, son of Walter J. Caffrey Sr. and Florence E. Kelly Caffrey, he was a 1951 graduate...

Michael John Angelo

Michael John Angelo, 46, of 107 Union St. died Tuesday at home after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 17, 1957, son of Barbara Keehnle Angelo Keyes of Pittsfield and the late John...

Richard J. "Jim" Malumphy

Richard J. "Jim" Malumphy, 73, of 51 Church Lane died Friday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Farmington, Conn., on July 12, 1930, son of Richard J. and Katherine Dorsey Malumphy, he...

Philomena J. "Fay" Placido

Philomena J. "Fay" Placido, 80, formerly of 27 Montgomery Ave., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had been a resident of Springside of Pittsfield since November 2000. Born in...

Christine E. Harrison

Christine E. Harrison, 44, of 38 Cleveland St. died Wednesday evening at the home of her sister, Katherine Cowan of Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 29, 1959, daughter of Robert E. Harrison Sr....

George C. Besaw

George C. Besaw, 85, of Sarasota, Fla., formerly of Lenox, died Tuesday in the Sarasota Hospice House in Sarasota. Born in Huntington on Oct. 16, 1918, son of George W. and Hazel Jones Besaw, he...

Michael Casmir "Mickey" Pasterczyk

Michael Casmir "Mickey" Pasterczyk, 79, of 15 Pond St. died Tuesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Newark, N.J., on Nov. 25, 1924, son of John and Katherine...

Paul P. Nykorchuk

Paul P. Nykorchuk, 70, of 31 Springside Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 26, 1933, son of Anthony and Anastasia Kowchuk Nykorchuk, he was a 1953...

Anna E. Howe

Anna E. Howe, 97, of 58 Flansburg Ave. died Tuesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 2, 1906, daughter of Robert and Margaret Ball Howe, she moved to...

Eileen V. Berry

Eileen V. Berry, 80, of 600 Main St. died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on June 25, 1923, daughter of James and Julia Dineen Berry, she was a graduate of...